Tivo mini data usage....

I just got my tivo mini hooked up via moca. Does anyone know how much dAta usage this takes? My Comcast Internet is capped at 250. Just wanted to check to see if anyone knew. I appreciate the info on this site.

I'm guessing that you realize that anything you do within your own network wouldn't count against any caps and that you're asking how much use of features such as connecting to the TiVo servers and using apps like Netflix would use.

The daily updates to TiVo should be so minuscule as to never matter. Your use of netflix or hulu will vary with your individual usage but you'd have to download a lot of movies to get close to your 250GB cap.

I'm guessing that you realize that anything you do within your own network wouldn't count against any caps and that you're asking how much use of features such as connecting to the TiVo servers and using apps like Netflix would use.

The daily updates to TiVo should be so minuscule as to never matter. Your use of netflix or hulu will vary with your individual usage but you'd have to download a lot of movies to get close to your 250GB cap.

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So I guess I am confused here. The moca network that connects the tivo mini does not use any data itself when on? Except for streaming netflix and such?

So I guess I am confused here. The moca network that connects the tivo mini does not use any data itself when on? Except for streaming netflix and such?

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Streaming (or xfering) from one TiVo to another TiVo or Mini is internal data and not seen by Comcast, only external data like Netflix, You Tube, etc. will come from external data that would count against any data cap you may ever have someday.

The previous poster stated that the moca network will not count against your data because it is using your own network. I have a tivo roamio and mini hooked up via moca and have not seen any raise in my data usage. However, I did get notification from comcast that starting 10/1/13 the data cap is back on and it is now 300GB.

Did you also say what happens when you go over? I remember seeing that you will be able to buy additional bandwidth and not get disconnect anymore - at least that's what I saw several month ago when they lifted the cap.

I guess, Comcast has enough data now as what would happen if they did away with the cap and how much more money they could make now that we haven't been watching our bandwidth usage.

The previous poster stated that the moca network will not count against your data because it is using your own network. I have a tivo roamio and mini hooked up via moca and have not seen any raise in my data usage. However, I did get notification from comcast that starting 10/1/13 the data cap is back on and it is now 300GB.

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Only external data will count with Comcast, TiVo to TiVo (or Mini) xfer or streaming will not go out on the Comcast system, things like watching Netflix movies will take data from Comcast and go toward your cap.